The third instalment of the PTBO Game Jam was a “Retro Flashback” … How quickly things grow in just a year. The turnout was an amazing 60 or so “Jammers” (Game Designers, Developers, Artists, Hobbyists, Students & Professionals) who came together for the 32 hour game building marathon. A total of 21 games were made! […]

The second instalment of the PTBO Game Jam happened this past weekend. It was absolutely Bigger and Better! Over 100 Game Designers, Developers, Artists, Hobbyists, Students & Professionals came together for the 45 hour game building marathon and a total of 33 games were made! (see itch.io for the published games) We started Friday evening […]

The PTBO Game Jam had its first event this past weekend in beautiful Peterborough Ontario. Matthew Davey of dotBunny asked me to speak during the pre-jam session, I presented some food for thought for the “jammers” to consider while designing their games. I also went over a “non-traditional” approach to game design, the same approach […]

If you’re interested in Virtual Reality (VR) or Augmented Reality (AR), or think you might be interested in these technologies, you need to be listening to the Animator’s Guide to Virtual Reality podcast with Rick Dolishny ( iTunes | Android | Web ). When Rick and I finally got to meet in real life for the […]

I’m working on a tagline for my new game studio and it got me thinking about why we play games. What drives us to play games and what makes us keep going back for more and I realized i’ve never blogged about this. If you’ve ever seen me give my take on the ‘psychology of […]

Tonight I had a MeetUp at triOs Toronto where I presented / lectured / gave an interactive workshop on game design. About a dozen people came out, and I think everyone had a good time and learned some useful stuff 🙂 I recorded the event but the video quality and angle of camera were off […]

Well at long last I’ve gone through a successful site refresh that was long overdue. Like the shoemakers children who run around barefoot, my site had taken a back seat for a number of years. I hope you enjoy the new layout and content as it gets added and added back in. Essentially I’ve merged […]